Georgia is unquestionably the birthplace of wine. Grape seeds have been found in Caucasian tombs 7000 years old, along with wine implements such as clay vessels, nowhere else in the world is their evidence of viniculture so old. Indeed the word "wine" has been traced to our Georgian word g'vino, which has been in use for far longer than most modern languages have existed.

Indeed there is no country where wine is more revered and a wine culture so developed and cherished. Incredibly there are over 500 indigenous species of grape (most used for wine) far more than anywhere else, most of them still completely unknown to the rest of the world. Here you can taste wildly unique varieties of wine in a vast array of subtle flavour differences.

Today most wine is still produced in exactly the same way it was long ago. Grapes are placed in large earthenware vessels called "quervi", some large enough to fit a person inside, buried in the ground up to their necks. These special wine vaults are then sealed and left to ferment for three or four months. The result is a tannin and vitamin-rich wine, completely organic and distinctively flavourful. Georgian wine is so pure and untainted by artificial ingredients (such as sulphites) that hangover are practically unknown.

Visit virtually any home in the premiere wine-growing region of Kakheti and be greeted at the door by a glass of traditionally made home-produced wine - a tradition dating back at least three thousand years, and a delight to any traveller. Make sure you try home made white wines, “chacha", made with a process where the skin is left on for part of the fermentation and with their own uncommon colour and taste.

Georgia's moderate climate and moist air, influenced by the Black Sea, provide the ideal conditions for wine culturing. Names like Saperavi, Mukuzani, Teliani are becoming increasingly familiar to wine connoisseurs around the world. We are more than proud to show off the process that takes these fine grapes from vine to bottle - and then of course, to the Table.

We treasure our wine and our wine traditions over all else - and invite you to taste the fruit of our labours for yourself.